Science activities that work: Perceptions of primary school teachers

Research in Science Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-410

  Appleton, Ken ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity based science; Primary (or elementary) science; Science teaching; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344587330     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020878121184     Document Type: Article

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